Improvement in suspender-stays



G. BUTTERFIELD.

sUsPENDER-STAYS.

Patented May 15 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE BUTTERFIELD, OF BOSTON, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES T. PHELPS, OF

I CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SUSPENDER-STAVS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 190,738, dated May 15,1877 application tiled March 21, 1877.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE BUTTER- FIELD, of Boston, State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful or Improved Waistband andSuspender-Stay, of which the the following is a specilication:

The object of my invention is to provide a light, convenient, efficient,durable, and inexpensive article, which can be applied to the waistbandsof pantaloons, and serve as a stay or spreader to hold each pair ofstraps of the Suspenders at a xed distance apart when in use, and by theuse of which the draws as well as pantaloons shall be held in positionby the Suspenders and the invention consists in an elastic metallicribbon, inserted in or secured to the waistbands, between the twobuttons of each of the three pairs of suspender-buttons of a pair ofpantaloons; and it also consists in attaching to said metallic ribbonnear either end thereof, a button or headed stud, the shanks whereof,passing through the waistband of both the pantaloons and drawers, securethem together, and by the action of the suspenders when attached tosaidstuds, serve to hold in place both of said garments.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the elastic ribbon and studs. Fig. 2 isboth a horizontal section and an edge view, the section being taken online O D, Fig. 1, but showing not only the ribbon and stud, but also thecloth and lining of the pantaloons and the strap of the suspender, theedge view showing the ribbon and the stud. Fig. 3 is a horizontalsection similar to that shown in Fig. 2, but showing the stay unprovidedwith the studs, and buttons instead. Fig. 4 is a section similar to Fig.3, but showing the studs permanently attached to both the `waistbandsand stay.

In these drawings, a represents the metallic ribbon, which is of aboutthe length and width shown in Fig. 1, and of such thickness as shalladmit of the requisite elasticity and yet be practically incompressiblein case` of end pressure. b b are the heads of the studs, and c c arethe shanks of the same. d is a strap of the suspenders'in section, assecured to the studs. c is the outer cloth of the Waistbands, and f thelining thereof.

In Fig. 3 the stay a is shown as inserted between the lining and theoutside cloth, the buttons g g being sewed on in the usual manner. Inthis case the stay a is not provided with the studs b, as the buttons gg serve as a substitute therefor.

ln Fig. 4 the stay a is shown as in Fig. 3, but the shanks c are formedwith a diminished portion which receives two washers, ij, placedrespectively on opposite sides of the waistbands. and the shank isheaded against washer 7', thereby securing all the parts in properposition.

Instead of placing stay a between the thicknesses of cloth, it may beplaced upon the' outside, so as to act as a substitute, either forWashers i orj, if desired.

The practical use and result of my invention is as follows: Theconstruction ot' suspenders is such that, practically, three pairs ofbuttons upon the waistbands are required to attach them thereto; and Ipropose usually to employ three ot' my stays on each pair ofpantaloons--one for the pair ot' buttons to which the back ends of thesuspenders are attached, and one to each of the front ends; and as theparts of each of the forked ends of the Suspenders are thus held at axed distance asunder instead of being drawn together by the convergingthereon; therefore the waistband cannot be tightened to the body ot' thewearer at other points by the usual drawing together of the eloth towhich the several pairs of buttons are attached, and to which theconverging straps of the Suspenders are attached.

I claim as my invention- 1. As a new article of manufacture, awaistband-stay, formed with an elastic bar or ribbon, a, and the studs bb secured thereto, to serve as suspender-buttons, substantially asdescribed and shown.

2. ln combination with the waistbands of pantaloons, an elastic stay orspreader, a, arranged relatively to the suspender-buttons, substantiallyas described and shown.

GEORGE BUTTERFIELD.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM M. CLARKE, EBEN HUToHINsoN.

